ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e85273
Two new species of the Genus Australobius (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from Qinghai-Tibet plateau
Penghai Qiao, Chen Chen‡, Jian Zhang§, Huiqin Ma|, Tongzuo Zhang¶, Shuguang Wu§‡ Guizhou Light Industry Technical College, Guiyang, China§ Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China| Editorial Department of Journal of Hengshui University, Hengshui, China¶ Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghai, China
Corresponding author: Penghai Qiao ( 805878115@qq.com ) Corresponding author: Tongzuo Zhang ( zhangtz@nwipb.cas.cn ) Corresponding author: Shuguang Wu ( 243099502@qq.com ) © Penghai Qiao, Chen Chen, Jian Zhang, Huiqin Ma, Tongzuo Zhang, Shuguang Wu. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
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Abstract
Two new species of the genus Australobius Chamberlin, 1920 (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) discovered in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China are described. Australobius yushuensis sp. n. and Australobius nanqianensis sp. n.exhibit a few morphological differences from their congeners recorded from China, less forcipular coxosternal teeth, only 3+3 as against the others and more ocelli, 10–13 ocelli on each side arranged in three irregular rows instead of two rows. A key to the known Chinese species of the genus Australobius based on adult specimens is presented.
Keywords
Australobius, China, Lithobiidae, Qinghai-Tibet plateau, Taxonomy